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Learn how to promote characters in Injustice: Gods Among Us to increase their stats. Discover the requirements, methods, and strategies for eliting your favorite fighters.

Hey there! So, you're looking to give your characters a boost in Injustice? That's awesome! You're probably wondering how to get those cool little Roman numerals on their cards. That's called 'Promoting' or 'Eliting,' and it's a key way to make your fighters stronger, alongside leveling up, using augments, and buying support cards. You can find the option to promote right on the character's card itself, or by heading to the Store or Sell menus.

Ever since the 2.13 update, you can promote characters up to 10 times (meaning you'll have 11 copies of the card in total). But there are a couple of things to keep in mind: your character needs to be at least level 50 and have reached Elite VII (EVII). Plus, if they're a character that requires Breakthrough, you'll need to have beaten those specific battles first. Remember, each Breakthrough battle victory only unlocks one elite tier, so you'll need to win 3 of them to max out a card's promotion potential.

You'll see the elite rank displayed as a Roman numeral in the top-left corner of the character card. 'III' means Elite III, and it goes all the way up to 'X'. When a character is fully promoted, they're often called 'EX' or 'E10'. If a card has never been promoted, it won't show anything there, but it's considered 'normal' or 'E0'.

So, how do you actually do it? It's pretty straightforward: you need an extra copy of the character card you want to promote. When you use that extra copy, it gets destroyed, and your character goes up one elite rank. This doesn't change their level or anything else about them, just their rank. Don't stress about whether to level up or promote first – they'll end up with the same max stats either way.

Now, a quick heads-up: characters that are available from the start, or those you unlock from Challenge Mode or a WBID, can be promoted directly from their card. However, if you happen to get a character who normally needs to be unlocked via Challenge Mode or a WBID from a pack instead, you won't be able to promote them directly. You'll need to get another copy of them from their specific unlock method first.

Here's a quick look at how promotions affect stats:

Bronze Characters

Silver Characters

Gold Characters

Note: There's a slight discrepancy in the Elite IV stats for Gold characters; the source notes this might be an error.

Metal Characters

Metal characters are a bit different. Even though they're a higher tier, they get fewer stat boosts from promotions compared to Gold characters. They also don't have access to Breakthrough. It takes more copies to Elite them, which you can see with a small progress bar above the promote button. Reaching Elite III is necessary for them to evolve and gain access to Dark Power.

It's estimated that if Metal characters could reach EX (E10), they'd have a multiplier around 600%, which is less than what a Silver Elite VII character gets. But, the way Metal characters gain stats means higher promotions give bigger boosts per promotion.

Strategy Tip: While it's tempting to max out every character, be careful! Doing so can make modes like Survivor Mode and Online Battle much harder because enemy stats will ramp up faster, and you'll be matched with tougher opponents. A smarter approach is to focus on promoting your main damage dealers ('carries') significantly. For support characters, especially those using the Claw of Horus for gear shattering, promoting them to Elite III or IV is usually enough. Your 'tanks' (characters meant to absorb damage) can often stay at Elite 0. Generally, a balanced team isn't the most efficient, but there are exceptions, like the Flashpoint team, where promoting each member to Elites IV-V makes sense because they all contribute to damage through Flashpoint Deathstroke's passive.